Characteristics - Antennatus tuberosus - Merkmale

All species of the
genus Antennatus have a naked illicium and an esca which is small
or absent. More
informationIllicium and Esca:
Illicium (rod) twice the length of 2nd spine. No esca (lure, bait),
only tapering to a fine point.Additional Characteristics:
Conspicuous dark-brown band on tail. No caudal penuncle. Typical
reticulated marbled structures on skin, red-brown on cream yellow
going towards pink on the head.More Information:

Link to fishbase
/ Pietsch
& Grobecker p.192Can be confused with:Antennatus tuberosus (Tuberculated or Bandfin Frogfish) could easily
be confused with Antennatus strigatus,
but that species is only found in
the Eastern Pacific (rages don't overlap).